Page | Title | Songwriter | Tune | Comments[original research?] | Notes | Refs. |
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i | verso, illustration; recto, title page | | | | Illustr., "Eccentrics and Well-Known Characters in Newcastle-Upon-Tyne" | [1] |
iii | Dedication | | | | "To Richard Oliver Heslop, Esq. / An acknowledgment of his labours on 'Northumberland Words.'" | [1] |
v | Introductory Note | | | | | [1] |
vii to xvi | Contents | | | | | [1] |
1 | Tynside Songs | | | | | [1] |
1 | (Weel May) The Keel Row | Traditional – before 1760 | | | ¹ | |
1 | a mention of | Joihn Stokoe | | Writing in the Monthly Chronicle | ³ | |
1 | a mention of | William Shield | | A famous Swalwell musician | ³ | |
1 | a mention of | Joseph Ritson | | Ritson's " Northumberland Garland" 1703 | | |
1 | (Weel May) The Keel Row | Street version | | | | |
2 | Waggoner (The) | not given | | | | |
2 | Bobby Shaftoe | Traditional | | | ¹ | |
2 | a mention of | William Brockie | | | ³ | |
2 | a mention of | Cuthbert Sharp | | The Bishoprick Garland 1834 | ³ | |
3 | Bonny Pit Laddie (The) | not given | | | | |
3 | a mention of | Joseph Ritson | | Northumberland Garland or Newcastle Nightingale | ³ | |
4 | Bonny Keel Laddie (The) | unknown | | | | |
4 | a mention of | Richard Oliver Heslop | | from "Northumberland Words" | ³ | |
5 | Ride through Sandgate | not given | | fragment of old rhyme about the siege of 1644 | | |
5 | a mention of | Cuthbert Sharp | | The Bishoprick Garland 1834 | ³ | |
5 | Collier's Wedding – (The) | Edward Chicken | | | | |
5 | Short bio | Edward Chicken | | | | |
5 | a mention of | Mr W Call | | Published a new version of the song in 1829 | ³ | |
8 | My Eppie | not given | | | | |
8 | a mention of | William Brockie | | | ³ | |
9 | Northumbrian's Sigh for his Native Country (The) | | | | | |
9 | Sair Fail'd, Hinney | not given | | Variation on "The awd man to the oak tree" | | |
10 | a mention of | Cuthbert Sharp | | The Bishoprick Garland 1834 | ³ | |
10 | Old Man and the Oak (The) | not given | Variation on "Sair Fail'd, Hinney" | from Ritson, in Gammer Gurton's Garland | | |
10 | a mention of | Joseph Ritson | | Gammer Gurton's Garland | ³ | |
10 | Short bio | Thomas Whittle | | | | |
11 | William Carstairs, Schoolmaster | Thomas Whittle | | on one of his contemporaries | | |
11 | Short bio | William Carstairs | | | | |
12 | Sawney Ogilby's Duel with his Wife | Thomas Whittle | | | | |
13 | Little Moody, Razor-setter | Thomas Whittle | | | | |
15 | Jesmond Dene ³ | | | a mention of – and Lord Armstrong | ³ | |
15 | Short bio | Phill "Primrose" Hodgson | | | | |
15 | Une Bagatelle | Phill "Primrose" Hodgson | | | | |
15 | Jessamond Mill | Phill "Primrose" Hodgson | | | | |
16 | Pandon Dene | originally named as "Bosalinda" – or "Rosalinda" | | May have been a Miss Harrey of Newcastle | A-G2 | |
18 | Short bio | John Cunningham | | | | |
19 | Elegy on a Pile of Ruins – Extract from | John Cunningham | No....tho' the palace bar her golden gate | | | |
19 | Death of John Cunningham – (Lament on the) | Robert Gilchrist | | | | |
20 | Holiday Gown | John Cunningham | | | | |
21 | North Shields Song (A) | not given | | | | |
22 | Alice Marley – (A new song made on) | unknown | | An Alewife at Pictree, near Chester-le-Street | | |
23 | Donocht Head | George Pickering | Ye Banks and Braes | | | |
23 | Short bio | George Pickering | | | | |
25 | Collier's Rant (The) | unknown | | | | |
25 | a mention of | Sir Cuthbert Sharp | | | ³ | |
27 | Little P. D (The) | unknown | | or "Little Pee Dee" | | |
27 | a mention of | G Angus, printers of The Side, Newcastle | | Newcastle Garland, printed about 1805 | ³ | |
28 | Dol Li A | unknown | | A song famous in Newcastle about the years 1792-8-4. | | |
29 | A You A, Hinny Burd | unknown | | | | |
31 | Tyne – (The Water of) | unknown | | | | |
31 | a mention of | Sir C Sharp | | comments on the River Tyne | ³ | |
31 | South Shields Song (A) | not given | | Sir Cuthbert Sharp | | |
32 | a mention of | Cuthbert Sharp | | The Bishoprick Garland 1834 | ³ | |
32 | Blow the Wind Southerly – (a variation) | unknown | | Sunderland Sailors' Rhymes | | |
32 | a mention of | J Marshall | | Northern Minstrel, 1806–07 | ³ | |
32 | Short bio | John Gibson | | | | |
32 | Short bio | William Brockie | | | | |
32 | Tyne (The) – song number 1 | John Gibson | | Roll on thy way, thrice happy Tyne | | |
33 | Brandling – Family Motto | not given | | from Sharp's "Bishopric Garland" | | |
33 | a mention of | Cuthbert Sharp | | The Bishoprick Garland 1834 | ³ | |
34 | Brandling and Ridley | not given | | | | |
34 | Short bio | Thomas Thompson | | | | |
35 | a mention of | John Howard (J. H.) | | | ³ | |
36 | Reply to John Howard | Thomas Thompson | | | | |
37 | Sonnet – To Thomas Thompson on his late address to J. Howard | J. Ingo | | | | |
38 | Election Song, 1812 | Thomas Thompson | | | | |
40 | Report on the death of | Thomas Thompson | | From the Newcastle Weekly Chronicle – 14 January 1816 | | |
41 | Thomas Thompson – (Lament for) | maybe by Robert Gilchrist | | Tommy Thompson – (compoted Extemire) | | |
42 | Short bio | Robert Gilchrist | | | | |
42 | Short bio | Thomas Thompson's family | | | | |
43 | a mention of | Thomas Wilson | | Thomas Wilson | ³ | |
43 | Short bio | James Clephen | | author of "Over the Churchyard Wall" | | |
45 | New Keel Row (The) | T Thompson | | | | |
47 | Canny Newcastle | Thomas Thompson | | | | |
47 | a mention of | Dr B S Watson | | author of "A gossip about songs" | ³ | |
47 | a mention of | Sir Matthew White Ridley of Heaton | | MP for Newcastle to 1813 | ³ | |
50 | Jemmy Joneson's Whurry | Thomas Thompson | | | | |
50 | mention of | Richard Oliver Heslop | | | ³ | |
51 | Short bio | | | The Tyne ferries | | |
54 | Short bio | William Purvis (Blind Willie) | | | | |
54 | Blind Willie – (Lament for) – Extract from | Thomas Thompson | | | | |
54 | Short bio | Joihn Stokoe | | about Blind Willie in "The North Country Garland of Song" | | |
55 | Broom Buzzems – (or Buy Broom Busoms) | maybe William Purvis (Blind Willie) | | | | |
56 | Broom Buzzems – (Extra Verses added by Blind Willie) | William Purvis (Blind Willie) | | | | |
57 | Tarum Tickle, tan dum – A Rhyme by Blind Willie | William Purvis (Blind Willie) | | | | |
59 | Blind Willie's Death – (Epitaph to) | Robert Gilchrist | | | | |
60 | Bards of the Tyne (The) | Charles Purvis | | | | |
61 | Reply to Bards of the Tyne | | | | | |
61 | Newcastle Bellman (The) | John Shield | | in which the Tyne Mercury was held up to ridicule | | |
61 | a mention of | James Stawpert | | | ³ | |
61 | Short bio | Charles Purvis | | | | |
62 | Oxygen Gas ³ | John Shield | | A mention of | ³ | |
62 | Short bio | John Shield | | | | |
62 | Blackett's Field – Extract from | John Shield | | | | |
62 | O No, My Love, No – Extract from | John Shield | | | | |
63 | Delia's Answer – Extract from | John Shield | | | | |
63 | To Delia – Extract from | Shields ???? | | | | |
64 | Short bio | John Shield's Family | | | | |
65 | a mention of | Dr Clark | | | ³ | |
65 | In Defence of the Name of Jack | John Shield | | Addressed to Miss Carry of Dunston | | |
67 | Poor Tom, the Blind Boy | John Shield | | | | |
68 | Vanished Rose Restored – (The) | John Shield | | Sung by Mr Frith at the Newcastle Concerts | | |
69 | Bonny Geatsiders 1805 (The) – in praise of the Gateshead Volunteers | John Shield | Bob Crankey | under the command of Cuthbert Ellison, Esq., of Hebburn | | |
71 | My Lord 'Size – or Newcastle in an Uproar | John Shield | | alternate title "Newcastle in an Uproar" | | |
74 | Bob Cranky's Adieu | John Shield | The Soldiers Adieu | Set to music by Thomas Train and sung by him at many public dinners | | |
74 | a mention of | Thomas Train – of Gateshead | | | ³ | |
76 | Short bio | Stephen Kemble | | Former manager of the Theatre Royal, Newcastle | | |
76 | Barber's News – (The) – or Shields in an Uproar | John Shield | O' the Golden Days of Good Queen Bess | | | |
81 | Short bio | Cull Billy, alias Silly Billy | | | | |
82 | Cull Billy's Prize | Robert Emery | | | | |
83 | descriptions of places on map opposite | | | | | |
84 | Map of Newcastle | | | | | |
84 | Short bio | John Selkirk | | | | |
85 | Bob Cranky | John Selkirk | | | | |
85 | a mention of | John Marshall | | Northern Minstrel, 1806–07 | ³ | |
86 | Report on the death of | John Selkirk | | A report from the Newcastle Chronicle, 18 November 1843 | | |
88 | Bob Cranky's 'Size Sunday | John Selkirk | | | | |
88 | a mention of | William Henderson Dawson | | | ³ | |
91 | Bob Cranky's Complaint | John Selkirk | | | | |
93 | Swalwell Hopping | John Selkirk | Paddy's Wedding | | | |
96 | Bob Cranky's Leum'nation Neet | John Selkirk | | | | |
99 | Short bio | James Stawpert | | | | |
100 | John Diggons – Extract from | James Stawpert | | | | |
100 | Trafalgar's Battle – Extract from | James Stawpert | | | | |
100 | Newcastle Fair October 1811 – or The Pitman Drinking Jackey | James Stawpert | | | | |
102 | Pitman's Revenge against Bonaparte – (The) | George Cameron | | | A-C1 | |
102 | Short bio | George Cameron | | | | |
106 | Short bio | Henry Robson | | | | |
106 | a mention of | John Collingwood Bruce and John Stokoe (editors) | | Northumbrian Minstrelsy: a collection of the ballads, melodies, and small-pipe tunes of Northumbria | ³ | |
107 | a mention of | Robert Emery | | | ³ | |
107 | a mention of | G Angus, printers of The Side, Newcastle | | | ³ | |
107 | Colliers' Pay Week (The) | Henry Robson | | A Picture of Benwell Pit Life about the year 1800 | | |
114 | Sandgate Lassie's Lament (The) | Henry Robson | The Bonnie Pit Laddie | | | |
115 | Till the Tide cums in | Henry Robson | | | | |
116 | Ma' Canny Hinny | unknown | | | | |
117 | Children's Rhymes | | | | | |
117 | Rain, rain, gan away | anon | | | | |
117 | Keel-bully, keel-bully, ploat yor geese | anon | | | | |
118 | Sunderland Song – (A) | not given | | | | |
118 | a mention of | Cuthbert Sharp | | The Bishoprick Garland 1834 | ³ | |
118 | Andrew Carr | not given | | | | |
118 | Northern Nursery Song | not given | | | | |
118 | a mention of | Cuthbert Sharp | | The Bishoprick Garland 1834 | ³ | |
119 | Short bio | William Stephenson (senior) | | | | |
120 | Retrospect – (The) | William Stephenson (senior) | | | | |
120 | Age of Eighty | William Stephenson (senior) | | | | |
121 | Quayside Shaver – (The) | William Stephenson (senior) | | | | |
123 | Skipper's Wedding – (The) | William Stephenson (senior) | | previously named "The Invitation" | | |
126 | Newcastle on Saturday Night | William Stephenson (senior) | | | Fr-Tune08 | |
128 | Short bio | John Leonard | | | | |
129 | Lines on William Pitt – Extract from | John Leonard | | | | |
130 | Winlaton Hoppin' | John Leonard | | | | |
132 | Short bio | William Mitford | | | | |
132 | a mention of | J Marshall | | Newcastle Songster - by J. Marshall | ³ | |
133 | X. Y. Z. (a mention only) | William Mitford | | | ³ | |
134 | North Pole – (The) – Extract from | William Mitford | | | | |
134 | Newcastle Landlords 1834 – Extract from | William Watson | | | | |
135 | William Mitford – (Acrostic on) | Robert Emery | | | | |
136 | Tyne Fair | William Mitford | | commemoration the winter of 1813–14 when the Tyne was frozen over for three weeks | | |
138 | X. Y. Z. At Newcastle Races, 1814 (or Pitmen's Luck) | William Mitford | | | | |
141 | Cappy – or The Pitman's Dog | William Mitford – according to Allan's | Chapter of Donkeys | | | |
143 | Pitman's Courtship – (The) | William Mitford | The night before Larry was stretched | | | |
145 | Mayor of Bordeaux (The) – or Mally 's Mistake | William Mitford | | | | |
147 | Pitman's Skellyscope (The) | William Mitford | | | Fr-Tune07 | |
147 | a mention of | Sir David Brewster | | His invention, the Kaleidoscope first came out c1820 | ³ | |
149 | Wonderful Gutter (The) | William Mitford | | over the argument between rail or canal | | |
151 | Bewildered Skipper (The) | William Mitford | The bewildered maid | | | |
151 | Sandgate Girl's Lamentation (The) | unknown | | | | |
153 | Half-Drowned Skipper (The) – from page 153 ³ | unknown | Chapter of Donkeys | | | |
154 | Wreckenton Hiring | unknown | | | | |
156 | Canny Sheels | John Morrison | | First appeared in Davidson of Alnwick's collection of Tyneside Songs 1840 | | |
156 | a mention of | William Davison | | William Davison of Alnwick's collection of Tyneside Songs, 1840 | ³ | |
156 | Permanent Yeast ³ | John Morrison | | a mention only | ³ | |
158 | Coaly Tyne | unknown | Auld Lang Syne | Written during the trial of Queen Caroline in 1820. (See last verse.) | | |
160 | Walker Pits | unknown | Off She Goes | | | |
160 | Fisher's Garland – (The) | Robert Roxby & Thomas Doubleday | | published 1841 | | |
160 | Short bio | Robert Roxby | | | | |
160 | Short bio | Thomas Doubleday | | | | |
161 | Auld Fisher's Lament (The) ³ | Robert Roxby & Thomas Doubleday | | a mention only | ³ | |
161 | Auld Fisher's Last Wish – (The) | Robert Roxby & Thomas Doubleday | My love is newly listed | | | |
162 | a mention of | Dr B S Watson | | author of "A gossip about songs" | ³ | |
162 | Coquet Side | Robert Roxby & Thomas Doubleday | They may rail at this life | | | |
164 | Auld Fisher's Fareweel to Coquet – (The) | Robert Roxby & Thomas Doubleday | Gramachree | | | |
166 | Coquet for Ever – (The) | Robert Roxby & Thomas Doubleday | Oh, Whistle and I'll come to you, my lad | | | |
167 | Impatient Lassie – (The) | Robert Anderson – probably | Low down in the broom | | | |
167 | a mention of | Robert Anderson | | Cumberland Ballads | ³ | |
167 | Short bio | Robert Anderson | | | | |
169 | Short bio | Robert Gilchrist | | | | |
170 | Gothalbert and Hisanna – Extract from | Robert Gilchrist | | | | |
171 | Gothalbert of the Tyne | Robert Gilchrist | | | | |
172 | Zion's Hill – Extract from | Robert Gilchrist | | | | |
172 | Bethlehem's Star – Extract from | Robert Gilchrist | | | | |
172 | St. Nicholas' Church – (On) | Robert Gilchrist | | | | |
174 | Petition from the old House in Shieldfield | Robert Gilchrist | | | | |
175 | Poetic Fragments | Robert Gilchrist | | | | |
176 | Sonnet on the Shortest Day | Robert Gilchrist | | | | |
176 | Clennell's Lines on Robert Gilchrist's Death . | John Luke Clennell | | | | |
177 | Collier's Keek at the Nation (The) | Robert Gilchrist | | | | |
179 | Short bio | Bold Archy – Archy Henderson | | | | |
179 | On the Death of Bold Archy | Robert Gilchrist | | | | |
180 | Bold Archy Drownded | Robert Gilchrist | The Bold Dragoon | | | |
181 | Short bio | William Scott | | | | |
182 | Voyage To Lunnin (A) | Robert Gilchrist | | | | |
186 | Amphitrite – (The) | Robert Gilchrist | | | | |
188 | Blind Willie Singin' | Robert Gilchrist | Jemmy Joneson's Whurry | actually named as Blind Willie's Singing in this book | | |
188 | short bio | William Purvis (Blind Willie) | | | | |
190 | Lamentation on the Death of Captain Benjamin Starkey – (The) | Robert Gilchrist | | | | |
190 | Short bio | Captain Benjamin Starkey | | | | |
191 | a mention of | Cuckoo Jack | | John Wilson alias Cuckoo Jack | ³ | |
192 | Blind Willie's Death (or Deeth) | Robert Nunn | Jemmy Joneson's Whurry | was wrongly attributed to Robert Gilchrist for many years | | |
194 | a mention of | Robert Nunn | | | ³ | |
194 | More Innovations | Robert Gilchrist | The Bold Dragoon | | | |
196 | Short bio | author of The Corn Market – (Robert Gilchrist) | | | | |
196 | Corn Market (The) – A Lament | unknown – possibly (Gilchrist) | The Bold Dragoon | first appeared in Fordyce's Collection (1842) – Allan guesses the author is Robert Gilchrist | | |
198 | Short bio | James Morrison | | | | |
199 | Burdon's Address to the cavalry – A parody | James Morrison | Scots Wha Hae | | | |
199 | Short bio | Thomas Burdon, Lieut. Colonel of the Tyne Hussars | | soon to be knighted by the Prince Regent in May 1816 | | |
200 | Newcastle Noodles (The) | James Morrison | Canny Newcassel | | | |
200 | a mention of | Charles John Brandling | | | ³ | |
202 | Green's Balloon | unknown | Barbara Bell | | | |
202 | a mention of | Mr (or Messrs) Green | | | ³ | |
204 | Short bio | William Watson | | | | |
206 | Newcassel Races | William Watson | | | | |
208 | Thumping Luck | William Watson | Gang Nae Mair to Yon Toon | | | |
210 | Dance To Thy Daddy | William Watson | The Little Fishy | | | |
211 | Newcastle Landlords 1834 | William Watson | | | | |
215 | Short bio | William Armstrong | | | | |
216 | Jenny Howlett (The) – or Lizzie Mudie's Ghost | William Armstrong | | | | |
217 | Baboon (The) | William Armstrong | | | | |
218 | Glister (The) | William Armstrong | | | | |
219 | Floatin' Gunstan – (The) | William Armstrong | Derry Down | About a "Floating Grindstone" | | |
220 | Skipper in the Mist (The) | William Armstrong | Derry Down | | | |
221 | Billy Oliver's Ramble (Between Benwell and Newcastle) | anon | | first appeared in "The Shields Song Book" of 1826 | | |
221 | My Nyem is Willy Dixon ³ | not given | | a mention only – A parody on Billy Oliver's Ramble. It appeared in The Tyne Songster | ³ | |
223 | Devil (The) – or The Nanny Goat | anon | | | | |
223 | The Shields Song Book ³ | printed by C. W. Barnes | | a mention only | ³ | |
225 | Cliffs of Virginia (The) | anon | Drops of Brandy | first appeared in "The Shields Song Book" of 1826 | | |
227 | Skipper's Mistake (The) | Armstrong | Chapter of Accidents | | F-A1 | |
228 | Short bio | William Oliver | | | | |
229 | To the Mechanics' Institute of Newcastle upon Tyne | William Oliver | | | | |
229 | To the memory of Riego, the Spanish patriot ³ | William Oliver | | a mention only | ³ | |
229 | England, Awake ³ | William Oliver | | a mention only | ³ | |
230 | Various addresses to Corinthian Society – Extract from | | | | | |
230 | given on 4 June 1827 | D.H. (possibly David Hobkirk) | | | | |
230 | given on 29 August 1827 | P. G. (possibly P. Galloway) | | | | |
231 | given on 21 May 1830 | unknown (possibly Thomas Thompson) | | | | |
231 | given on possibly 4 Dec 1830 | W. O. (possibly William Oliver) | | | | |
231 | Alexander Donkin (Lines on the Death of) – Extract from | W. O. possibly William Oliver | | 12 Feb 1825 | | |
232 | Alexander Donkin – (A Lament on the death of) | P. G. (possibly P. Galloway) | | | | |
232 | Richard Young, who died 4 November 1831, aged 29 – (To the Memory of) | William Oliver | | | | |
232 | Richard Young – (To the Memory of) | P. G. (possibly P. Galloway) | | | | |
232 | R. Young – (To the Memory of) | D.H. (possibly David Hobkirk) | | | | |
233 | J. Brandling, M.P. – (Lines on the Death of a) | William Oliver | | | | |
234 | Newcassel Props (The) | William Oliver | The Bold Dragoon | | | |
236 | a mention of | Mr Wombwell and his animal show | | | ³ | |
236 | Bonassus (The) | William Oliver | Jemmy Joneson's Whurry | | | |
238 | Tim Tunbelly | William Oliver | | | | |
240 | Newcastle Millers – (The) | William Oliver | The Bold Dragoon | a prize fight on Barlow Fell in which Jim Wallace beat Tm Dunn 1824 | | |
241 | Lament – (The) | William Oliver | The Bold Dragoon | | | |
243 | New Markets (The) (or Newcastle Improvements) | William Oliver | Canny Newcassel | | | |
244 | Short bio | R. Charlton | | | | |
245 | Newcastle Improvements | R.Charlton | | | | |
246 | Newgate Street Petition to Mr. Mayor (The) | anon – but suggested as John Shield | | | | |
250 | Short bio | Thomas Marshall | | | | |
251 | Euphy's Coronation | Thomas Marshall | Arthur McBride | | | |
253 | Blind Willie v. Billy Scott | Thomas Marshall | Fie, let's away to the bridal | | | |
255 | Tars and Skippers | Thomas Marshall | Derry Down | | | |
257 | Keel Row (Weel May The Keel Row – that get's the Bairns their Breed) | Thomas Marshall | | | | |
258 | Short bio | Thomas Wilson | | | | |
259 | Market Day – (The) – Extract from | Thomas Wilson | | | | |
260 | Pitman's Pay – Extract from | Thomas Wilson | | | | |
261 | a mention of | William Henderson Dawson | | a tribute to Thomas Wilson | ³ | |
261 | Petition of an Old Apple Tree – Extract from | Thomas Wilson | | | | |
262 | Moose – (Lines on a) – Extract from | Thomas Wilson | | | | |
262 | Long, long ago | Thomas Wilson | | | | |
262 | lines on an Old Arm Chair – Extrasc from | Thomas Wilson | | | | |
264 | a mention of ³ | | | A typical washing day | ³ | |
264 | Washing-Day – (The) | Thomas Wilson | Nae luck aboot the hoose | | | |
266 | Carter's Well | Thomas Wilson | Mrs Johnson | | | |
268 | Opening of the Newcastle and Carlisle Railway | Thomas Wilson | | on 18 June 1888 | | |
270 | Movement – (The) | Thomas Wilson | | | | |
272 | Pea Jacket – (The) | Thomas Wilson | | | | |
273 | Glance at Polly Technic (A) | Thomas Wilson | | | | |
275 | Market Day – (The) | Thomas Wilson | | | | |
277 | Coal Trade (The) | unknown | The Keel Row | | Br S6 | |
279 | a mention of | T W Beaumont | | | ³ | |
279 | a mention of | Robert Surtees | | | ³ | |
279 | Colours – (The) | maybe Robert Surtees | | | | |
281 | Short bio | David Ross Lietch | | | | |
281 | Red Eric and Lord Delaval | David Ross Lietch | | | | |
283 | Short bio | John Jack Dent | | | | |
283 | Lines to Joe Wilson – Extract from | John Jack Dent | | on seeing Joe Wilson's portrait in Mr. France's window | | |
284 | Cliffs of Old Tynemouth – (The) | David Ross Lietch | The Meeting of the Waters | | | |
284 | Short bio | Robert Emery | | | | |
286 | Great Frost on River Tyne – Extract from | Robert Emery | | Thomas Binney completed the verses | | |
286 | Short bio | Thomas Binney | | | | |
287 | Trip to Warkworth | Robert Emery | | Written for the employees of Lambert's Printers for their "works trip" | | |
289 | Canny Sheels ³ | John Morrison | | a mention of | ³ | |
289 | Answer to Canny Sheels – Extract from | Robert Emery | | | | |
289 | Song on opening of New Fish Market – Extract from | Robert Emery | | on the occasion of the fishwives being removed from their open stand on the Sandhill to the new covered market | | |
290 | Short bio | Metcalfe Ross | | | | |
290 | Robert Emery – (Address to) | Metcalfe Ross | | | | |
290 | Jean Jamieson's Ghost ³ | Robert Emery | | a mention of | ³ | |
290 | Robert Emery – Acrostic on | Joe Wilson | | | | |
290 | Lines to Miss Bell – Extract from | Robert Gilchrist | | The daughter of John Bell Junior | | |
291 | Hydrophobia – or The Skipper and the Quaker | Robert Emery | Good Morrow to your Nightcap | | | |
293 | Hackney Coach Customers – or Newcastle Wonders | Robert Emery | | | | |
294 | Pitman's Ramble (The) | Robert Emery | The Kebuckstane Wedding | | | |
296 | King Willy's Coronation | Robert Emery | | | | |
296 | Sandhill Wine Pant – (The) | Robert Emery | | | | |
297 | Songs on George IV.'s Coronation – Extract from | Robert Emery | | | | |
299 | Sandgate Pant – or Jane Jemieson's Ghost | Robert Emery | To be a Butterfly | | | |
300 | Baggy Nanny – or The Pitman's Frolic | Robert Emery | The Kebuckstane Wedding | | | |
302 | Skipper's Visit to the Polytechnic – (The) | Robert Emery | | | | |
305 | Mally and the Prophet | Robert Emery | Barbara Bell | | | |
307 | Curds-and-cream House Ghost – (The) | Robert Emery | Walker, the Twopenny Poetman | | | |
308 | Wizard of the North – (The) – or The Mystic Policeman | Robert Emery | Hurrah for the bonnets o' Bonnie Dundee | | | |
308 | Short bio | John Elliott | | Superintendent of Gateshead Police c1890 | | |
310 | Owl (The) | Robert Emery | X. Y. Z. | | | |
310 | Short bio | Mr T Waller Watson | | | | |
310 | Short bio | Thomas Carr | | Captain of the Watch 1823 | | |
312 | Skipper's Dream (The) | T Moor | | | | |
312 | Short bio | T Moor | | | | |
313 | Short bio | William Stephenson (junior) | | | | |
313 | Beggars' Wedding – (The) ³ | William Stephenson (junior) | | a mention of | ³ | |
314 | Lass that shed a tear for me (The) ³ | William Stephenson (junior) | | a mention of | ³ | |
314 | Ellen – Extract from | William Stephenson (junior) | Robin Adair | | | |
314 | Beggars' Wedding – (The) | William Stephenson (junior) | Quayside Shaver | | | |
316 | Sandhill Monkey (The) | William Stephenson (junior) | Drops of Brandy | | | |
318 | Merry Lads of Gyetshead | William Stephenson (junior) | Sunny Banks of Scotland | | | |
319 | Short bio | Robert Nunn | | | | |
320 | Sandgate Lassie's Lament (The) – Extract from | Robert Emery | | The death of Bobby Nunn is mentioned in the song | | |
320 | Death of Bobby Nunn | Robert Emery | | mentioned in "The Sandgate Lassie's Lament" | | |
321 | Roby's Wife's Lamentation | Robert Nunn | | | | |
322 | Lines on Hawthorn's Trip – Extract from | Robert Nunn | | | | |
323 | Nunn, Acrostic on | Joe Wilson | | | | |
323 | Pitman and the Blackin' – (The) | Robert Nunn | The Coal-Hole | | | |
323 | Poor auld horse (The) ³ | Robert Nunn | | a mention of | ³ | |
323 | Quarter of currans (The) ³ | Robert Nunn | | a mention of | ³ | |
325 | Newcastle Lad – (The) – or Newcastle is My Native Place | Robert Nunn | And sae wi we yet | | | |
326 | Luckey's Dream | Robert Nunn | Caller Fair | sometimes Luckey, Lukey or Lucky | | |
329 | Short history | | | St. Nicholas' Church | | |
329 | Riddle of St Nicholas' (The) | Ben Jonson | | | | |
329 | St. Nicholas' Church | Robert Nunn | | | | |
331 | Keelman's Reasons for Attending Church – (The) | Robert Nunn | Jemmy Joneson's Whurry | | | |
333 | Sandgate Lass on the Ropery Bank (The) | Robert Nunn | The Skipper's Wedding | | | |
333 | Short bio | | | Ropery Bank | | |
335 | Drucken Bella Roy, O ! | Robert Nunn | Duncan M'Callaghan | | | |
335 | Short bio | Bella Roy | | | | |
336 | Jocker | Robert Nunn | O? Gin I Had Her | | | |
338 | Fiery Clock-fyece (The) | Robert Nunn | The Coal-hole | | | |
340 | Sandgate Wife's Nurse Song | Robert Nunn | | | | |
341 | Short bio | John Brodie Gilroy | | | | |
342 | Noodle – (The) | John Brodie Gilroy | Jeannette and Jeannot | | | |
343 | Short bio | John Peacock | | | | |
343 | a mention of | Mr William Brockie | | | ³ | |
343 | Marsden Rock | John Peacock | Jockey to the fair | | | |
343 | Short bio | | | Marsden Rock | | |
345 | short bio | Joseph Philip Robson | | | | |
347 | Parting Address to the People of Tyneside – Extract from | Joseph Philip Robson | | | | |
347 | In memory of Joseph Philip Robson | Mr Joseph McGill | | | | |
347 | Joseph Philip Robson, Acrostic on | Joe Wilson | | | | |
348 | Exile's Return – (The) | Joseph Philip Robson | | | | |
348 | Lays of the Tyne Exile – Extract from | Joseph Philip Robson | | | | |
348 | Departure (The) ³ | Joseph Philip Robson | | a mention only | ³ | |
348 | In Childhood we Wander ³ | Joseph Philip Robson | | a mention only | ³ | |
348 | Farewell, Fair Fields ³ | Joseph Philip Robson | | a mention only | ³ | |
348 | Maid of my Bosom ³ | Joseph Philip Robson | | a mention only | ³ | |
348 | Banks o' Tyne ³ | Joseph Philip Robson | | a mention only | ³ | |
348 | Return (The) ³ | Joseph Philip Robson | | a mention only | ³ | |
349 | Banks o' Tyne | Joseph Philip Robson | The Keel Row | | | |
350 | Wonderful Tallygrip – (The) | Joseph Philip Robson | Barbara Bell | | | |
352 | When we were at the Skuel | Joseph Philip Robson | Nae luck aboot the hoose | | | |
352 | Dom'nee lo'ed the "Quaker's Wife – (The) | Joseph Philip Robson | | | | |
354 | Polly's Nickstick | J P Robson | | | | |
359 | High Level Bridge (The) | J P Robson | Drops of Brandy | | | |
361 | Callerforney – A dialogue | J P Robson | Alley Croaker | | | |
363 | Pawnshop Bleezin' – (The) | J P Robson | X. Y. Z. | Mrs Potter's pawnshop, on The Side, Newcastle, was completely destroyed by fire, in 1849 | | |
366 | Use an' the Abuse -(The) – or The Pitmen an the preachers | J P Robson | Canny Newcassel | | | |
366 | Maw Marras, tyek wamin' be me | J P Robson | | | | |
368 | Days and Deeds of Shakspere | J P Robson | The Old English Gentleman | | | |
371 | Hamlick, Prince of Denton – Part First | J P Robson | Merrily dance the Quaker's wife | | | |
374 | Hamlick, Prince of Denton – Part Second | J P Robson | Merrily dance the Quaker's wife | | | |
377 | Hamlick, Prince of Denton – Part Third | J P Robson | Merrily dance the Quaker's wife | | | |
379 | Pitman's Happy Times – (The) | J P Robson | In the days we went a' gipsying | | | |
381 | Horrid War i' Sangeyt – (The) | J P Robson | The King o' the Cannibal Islands | | | |
384 | Betty Beesley and her Wooden Man | J P Robson | The Bold Dragoon | | | |
387 | Short bio | Edward Corvan | | | | |
389 | a mention of | Catgut Jim | | pseudonym of Edward Corvan | ³ | |
392 | Caller – (The) – Extract from | Edward Corvan | | | | |
393 | a mention of | Joe Wilson | | | ³ | |
393 | Corvan, Acrostic on | Joe Wilson | | | | |
394 | He Wad be a Noodle | Edward Corvan | Gee, Wo Dobbin | | | |
395 | Toon Improvement Bill – (The) – or Ne Pleyce noo te play | Edward Corvan | | | | |
398 | Rise in Coals – (The) | Edward Corvan | | | | |
399 | Asstrilly – or The Pitman's Farewell | Edward Corvan | All round my hat | | | |
401 | Asstrilly's Goold Fields – or Tommy Carr's Letter | Edward Corvan | Marble Halls | | | |
403 | Tommy Carr's Adventures in Asstrilly | Edward Corvan | | | | |
405 | Cullercoats Fish-Lass – (The) | Edward Corvan | Lilie's a Lady | | | |
406 | Bobby the Boxer | Edward Corvan | Pat's Curiosity Shop | | | |
409 | Warkworth Feast | Edward Corvan | Morpeth Jail | | | |
411 | Kipper'd Herrin' – (The) | Edward Corvan | | | | |
412 | Deeth o' Billy Purvis | Edward Corvan | Jenny Jones | | | |
412 | Short bio | William Purvis (Blind Willie) | | | | |
416 | Greet Bull-Dog O' Shields – (The) | Edward Corvan | Hokey Pokey | About the visit of HMS Bulldog | | |
419 | Fishermen Hung the Monkey, O! – (The) | Edward Corvan | The Tinker's Wedding | The Hartlepool monkey-hangers | | |
421 | Comet – (The) – or The Skipper's Fright | Edward Corvan | Polly Parker, O | | | |
422 | Fire on the Kee – (The) | Edward Corvan | Wor Jocker | | | |
426 | Chambers and White | Edward Corvan | Trab, Trab | A race between rowers Thomas White (London) and Robert Chambers (Newcastle) | | |
428 | Deeth o' Cuckoo Jack – (The) | Edward Corvan | | | | |
428 | Short bio | John Wilson alias Cuckoo Jack | | | | |
430 | Wor Tyneside Champions | Edward Corvan | Billy Nat | | | |
432 | Queen has sent a Letter – (The) – or "The Hartley Calamity" | Edward Corvan | No Irish need apply | | | |
434 | Queen's Visit to Cherbourg – (The) | Edward Corvan | The Sly Old Fox | | | |
438 | Stagestruck Keelman | Edward Corvan | Bob and Joan | | | |
439 | Soop Kitchin – (The) | Edward Corvan | Lilie's a Lady | | | |
442 | Short bio ³ | | | The new High Level Bridge | ³ | |
442 | High Level an' the Aud Bridge – (The) | assume Edward Corvan | various tunes | A comic imaginary dialogue | | |
444 | Cat-gut Jim – the Fiddler | Edward Corvan | And sae off wi' ye | pseudonym of Edward Corvan | | |
446 | Short bio | George Ridley | | | | |
448 | George Ridley – (Acrostic on) | Joe Wilson | | | | |
449 | Joey Jones | George Ridley | Pat of Mullingar | | | |
451 | Blaydon Races | George Ridley | Brighton | | | |
453 | short bio | Robert Chambers | | Champion sculler | | |
453 | Chambers | George Ridley | The whole hog or none | | | |
454 | Sheels Lass for Me – (The) | George Ridley | The whole hog or none | | | |
456 | Bobby Cure – (The) | George Ridley | The perfect care | | | |
458 | Johnny Luik-Up | George Ridley | Sally, come up | | | |
458 | short bio | John Higgins | | Town Crier at the time | | |
460 | Short bio | John Spencer | | | | |
460 | My name is Jack Spencer | George Ridley | Hamlet | | | |
461 | Stephenson Monument – (The) | George Ridley | John Barleycorn | | | |
464 | Short bio | James Rewcastle | | | | |
464 | Jackey and Jenny | James Rewcastle | Come, fie, let us a' to the bridal | | | |
466 | Short bio | Edward Elliott | | | | |
466 | Sheep-Killin' Dog – (The) | Edward Elliott | | | | |
468 | Whitley Camp | Edward Elliott | | | | |
470 | Short bio | Michael Benson | | | | |
470 | a mention of | J Selkirk | | | ³ | |
471 | Birth of Friendship's Star – (The) | Michael Benson | | | | |
473 | Short bio | Joe Wilson | | | | |
474 | Great Boat Race – (The) | Joe Wilson | | a mention of | ³ | |
474 | Row upon the stairs – (The) | Joe Wilson | | a mention of | ³ | |
474 | Gallowgate Lad – (The) | Joe Wilson | | a mention of | ³ | |
475 | Geordy, haud the bairn | Joe Wilson | | a mention of | ³ | |
476 | Aw Wish yor Muther wad Cum – or Wor Geordy's notions aboot men nursin' bairns | Joe Wilson | The Whasslin' Theef | | | |
478 | Dinnet Clash the Door | Joe Wilson | Tramp, tramp | | | |
479 | Be Kind te me Dowtor | Joe Wilson | Die an aud maid | | | |
481 | Time that me Fethur wes Bad – (The) | not given | Cam hyem te yor childer an' me | | | |
482 | Short bio | Ralph Blackett | | | | |
482 | Jimmy's Deeth | Ralph Blackett | | | | |
484 | short bio | William Henderson Dawson | | | | |
484 | short bio | | | Stephenson's Monument | | |
484 | a mention of | J P Robson | | | ³ | |
485 | Pitman's Tickor an' the Wag-at-the-Wa' – (The) | William Henderson Dawson | Barbara Allen | | | |
486 | Pitman's Visit to Stephenson's Monument – (The) | William Henderson Dawson | Tallygrip | | | |
486 | short bio | | | Stephenson's Monument | | |
489 | Short bio | John Stephenson | | also known as Wood-Legged Jack | | |
489 | Jack's Wooden Leg | William Henderson Dawson | Wonderful Tallygrip | | | |
491 | Short bio | John Kelday Smith | | | | |
491 | Whereivvor hae they gyen ? | John Kelday Smith | Perhaps she's on the railway | | | |
492 | Forst ov Owt ye Had – (The) | John Kelday Smith | When the kyo comes home | | | |
493 | Short bio | Matthew Dryden | | | | |
494 | Perseveer – or The Nine Oors Movemint | Matthew Dryden | Nelly Ray | | | |
495 | Short bio | James Horsley | | | | |
495 | Geordy's Dream – or the Sun and the Muen | James Horsley | | a mention of | ³ | |
496 | Pilgrimage to Jesmond – (A) – Extract from | James Horsley | | | | |
496 | To the Angel of Death | James Horsley | | | | |
497 | She's Sumboddy's Bairn | James Horsley | | | | |
499 | Chinese Sailors in Newcastle – (The) | James Horsley | | | | |
501 | Short bio | George Charleton Barron | | | | |
503 | Bill Smith at the Battle of Waterloo | George Charleton Barron | | | | |
504 | How Waterloo was won | George Charleton Barron | | | | |
505 | Short bio | John Taylor | | | | |
506 | Short bio | Henry "Harry" Clasper | | | | |
506 | Short bio | and other rowers on the Tyne | | | | |
507 | Henry "Harry" Clasper and his Testimonial | John Taylor | | | | |
509 | Flay Craw – (The) – or Pee Dee*s Mishap | John Taylor | Warkworth Feast | | | |
511 | a mention of | Marshall Cresswell | | | ³ | |
511 | Short bio | William Dunbar | | | | |
511 | Geordy's Pay – Extract from | William Dunbar | | | | |
512 | Nowt as Queer as Folks | William Dunbar | | | | |
512 | Short bio | Marshall Cresswell | | | | |
512 | Morpeth Lodgings | Marshall Cresswell | | | | |
513 | Part III – Living Writers | | | | | |
513 | Short bio | Rowland Harrison | | | | |
513 | Coal Cartman – or Tm going down the Hill (The) | Rowland Harrison | | | a mention of | ³ |
513 | Drum Major (The) | Rowland Harrison | | | a mention of | ³ |
513 | Lass I met at Shields (The) | Rowland Harrison | | | a mention of | ³ |
513 | Death of Renforth (The) | Rowland Harrison | | | a mention of | ³ |
514 | Short bio | Geordy Black | | a character which he played | | |
515 | Geordy Black | Rowland Harrison | | | | |
516 | Jack Simpson's Bairn | Rowland Harrison | | | | |
518 | Heh ye seen wor Cuddy? | George Guthrie | The King o' the Cannibal Islands | | | |
518 | Short bio | George Guthrie | | | | |
519 | Aw wish Pay Friday wad cum | Mr (James) Anderson | Aw wish yor muther wud cum | | | |
519 | Short bio | Mr (James) Anderson | | | | |
519 | a mention of | Joe Wilson | | | ³ | |
522 | Cuddy Willy's Deeth | Joshua L. Bagnall | | | | |
522 | Short bio | Joshua L. Bagnall | | | | |
524 | Short bio | William Maclachlan alias "Cuddy Willy" | | | | |
524 | Tyne Exile's Lament (The) | anon | Banks o' the Dee | | | |
524 | short bio | Mr Crawhall | | publisher of the illustrated "Beuk o* Newcassel Sangs by deceased writers" | | |
525 | Bobbies an' the Dogs – (The) | anon | | | | |
525 | short bio | | | on Dogcatching | | |
527 | Short bio | Robert Chambers | | Champion oarsman of the River Tyne and Thames | | |
528 | Bob Chambers | anon | Kiss me quick, and go | | | |
530 | short bio | Richard Oliver Heslop | | | | |
531 | Howdon for Jarrow | Richard Oliver Heslop | Chapter of Donkeys | | | |
532 | Newcastle Toon née Mair | Richard Oliver Heslop | Nae luck aboot the hoose | | | |
532 | Short bio | Ernest Wilberforce | | First Bishop of Newcastle | | |
533 | Tow for Nowt, A (Song) | Richard Oliver Heslop | | | | |
535 | Singin' Hinney – (The) | Richard Oliver Heslop | The One-Horse Shay | | | |
537 | Tyneside Chorus – (The) | Richard Oliver Heslop | Hadaway Harry ! Hadaway Harry ! | | | |
538 | His Other Eye | not given | | a recitation | | |
545 | short bio | John Atlantic Stephenson | | | | |
546 | a mention of | | | The Bewick Club | ³ | |
546 | Battle of Waterloo – (Hawks's Men at the) | John Atlantic Stephenson | | | | |
547 | Tow for Nowt – (A) – A Recitation | John Atlantic Stephenson | | | | |
548 | Corvan, Ned – (A Recollection of) | John Atlantic Stephenson | | | | |
550 | Chieftain to the highlands bound (A) (actual title unknown) | possibly Edward "Ned" Corvan | | | | |
550 | Postponed Goose – (The) – A Wearside Tale | John Atlantic Stephenson | | | | |
553 | Adam and Eve | John Atlantic Stephenson | | A Wearside Story | | |
555 | Short bio | Thomas Kerr | | | | |
555 | a mention of | Joe Wilson | | | ³ | |
556 | When the Good Times cum Agyen | Thomas Kerr | The Captain with the whiskers | | | |
558 | Aw's glad the Strike's Duin | Thomas Kerr | It's time to get up | | | |
560 | Short bio | Alexander Hay | | | | |
560 | Board of Trade, Ahoy | Alexander Hay | | | | |
561 | Time – A Sonnet | Alexander Hay | | | | |
561 | Dandylion Clock – (The) | Alexander Hay | In the days we went a' gipsying | | | |
562 | Illektric Leet – (The) | Alexander Hay | Billy O'Booke's the Boy | | | |
562 | Short bio | Joseph Swan | Billy O'Booke's the Boy | inventor of incandescent lamp | | |
564 | Short bio | John Craggs | | | | |
564 | Old cot on the Tyne – (The) ³ | John Craggs | | a mention only | ³ | |
564 | M P for Jarra – (The) ³ | John Craggs | | a mention only | ³ | |
564 | Letter from Hannah – (The) ³ | John Craggs | | a mention only | ³ | |
564 | Lass that sell'd Grozers upon the Aad Bridge – (Th') | John Craggs | | | | |
566 | Short bio | Matthew Tate | | | | |
566 | Fore Shift – (The) | Matthew Tate | | | | |
568 | Short bio | Ralph Dowey | | | | |
568 | Picnic Day – (The) | Ralph Dowey | | | | |
570 | Part IV Finale | | | | | |
570 | a mention of | J W Chater | | printer and publisher of Chater's Annual, Chater's Canny Newcassel Diary, his gold medals and prizes, etc. | ³ | |
570 | Wylam Geordy | A. F. of Lead Gate (pseudonym used) | | | | |
571 | Short bio | Matthew C. James of Walker | | | | |
571 | Stivvison's Centennery | Matthew C. James | | | | |
571 | Short bio | Robert Elliott | | | | |
571 | Pitman gawn te Parliament – (A) – Extract from | Robert Elliott | | about Thomas Burt MP | | |
571 | Pitman in Parliament – (A) – Extract from | Robert Elliott | | about Thomas Burt MP | | |
572 | short bio | Mr R. Usher | | | | |
572 | Hallayuye Convert | Mr R. Usher | | | | |
572 | Short bio | R. J. Wilkinson | | | | |
572 | Tommy on the Bridge | R. J. Wilkinson | | | | |
573 | Short bio | Unknown – alias "Havadab" | | | | |
573 | Ma Singin' Freend | Unknown – alias "Havadab" | | published in the Weekly Chronicle | | |
573 | Short bio | Unknown – author of next song "Gone" | | | | |
573 | Gone | Unknown – alias "Havadab" | | published in the Weekly Chronicle | | |
574 | Short bio | Joseph Crawhall II | | previous editor of the Fisher's Garland | | |
574 | Hot-Trod – (The) | Joseph Crawhall II | | appeared in the "Courant" c1889 | | |
574 | Wife's Remonstrance – (The) | Joseph Crawhall II | | appeared in the "Courant" | | |
575 | Ahd Pitman's Po'try tiv ees Marrah – (The) | anon – but ascribed to Dr Embleton | | | | |
575 | Short bio | William Hetherington Shipley – a parachutist | | | | |
575 | Short bio | Geordie – pseudonym | | | | |
575 | William Hetherington Shipley's Drop frae the Cloods | Geordie – pseudonym of writer | | published in the Shields Gazette | | |
576 | short bio | Henry Jackson | | | | |
576 | Free Education | Henry Jackson | | | | |
576 | short bio | Mr. J. Harbottle | | | | |
576 | Newcassel Sang – (A) – or alternatively spelt "Newcastle Sang" | Mr. J. Harbottle | | appeared in "the Weekly Chronicle" c1890-91 | | |
577 | Pitman's Song – (The) ³ | Mr. J. Harbottle | | A mention only – A great success in the "Royal" pantomime, 1890 | ³ | |
577 | Tyne – Extract from | Mr. J. Harbottle | | Won prize for the "Journal's "Best poem about the Tyne" in 1889 | | |
577 | Part V Appendix | | | | | |
577 | a mention of – from page 58 | John Shield | | a mention of | | |
578 | a mention of – from page 99 ³ | James Stawpert | | a mention of | ³ | |
578 | Newcastle on Saturday Night – from page 126 ³ | William Stephenson (senior) | | a mention of | Fr-Tune08 | |
578 | Half-Drowned Skipper (The) – from page 153 ³ | first appeared signed as written by "D" | | a mention of | ³ | |
578 | Billy Oliver's Ramble – from page 221 ³ | in 1823 edition of Marshall gives Thomas Moore as the author. In 1827 edition it appears as anon | | a mention of | ³ | |
578 | Acrostic of FINIS | | | To signify "the end" | | |
578 | Walter Scott Press, Newcastle upon Tyne | | | | | |
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